LOCALIZING THE MDGS

USING CBMS

Celia M. Reyes

CBMS Network

Advocacy Training Workshop for LDCs in

Achieving MDGs

Siem Reap, Cambodia

October 25-28, 2011

Outline of Presentation

I. Localizing the MDGs Using CBMS

II. CBMS: Rationale and Key Features

III. Provincial MDG Reports

IV. Concluding Remarks

Meeting the MDGs requires….

A national strong advocacy and sustained action to operationalize the goals and targets at the local level

Vigorous and continuous efforts to raise the level of awareness of leaders and other major stakeholders

Promoting policy and pragmatic interventions to realize the goals and targets

Building on gains and opportunities offered by existing collaboration and evolving partnerships among key stakeholders

MDGs: Issues & Challenges (1)

The MDGs have accelerated demand for data and highlighted limitations in their availability and quality.

A number of countries do not have enough data to track changes in poverty and child malnutrition, and in most countries serious data quality issues exist in measuring maternal mortality and access to water and sanitation.

Lack of data at the local level to track MDGs

Little local awareness of MDGs framework

Limited capacity to integrate MDGs into local planning process

Limited capacity to cost and allocate local budgets to reach MDGs

Limited capacity to monitor the MDGs

MDGs: Issues & Challenges (2)

Resource and capacity constraints hamper local government units’ efforts to address the MDGs:

To fast track the achievement of the goals, there is a need to localize the MDGs

The global MDGs provide a development framework in terms of measurable targets

Localizing the MDGs helps in making local development strategies more focused and more strategic

Why “Localize the MDGs”?

Having a local development plan that

incorporates MDG targets and corresponding

budget allocation for MDG-responsive PPAs

Adopting local policies that facilitate the

achievement of the MDGs

Establishing a local monitoring system to

benchmark LGU contribution in the attainment

of MDG targets and to track down

accomplishments vis-à-vis targets

Improving delivery of basic services to ensure

achievement of the MDGs

inclusion of accomplishment of MDG targets as

one of the performance commitments of the

LGUs

What does “Localizing the MDGs” mean?

It is an important way to align MDGs with national long-term planning

MDG should not be a national initiative alone

Local governments are required to provide basic services – education, health, etc. –spectrum that covers many of the MDGs

MDG targets can be used as guide for assessing local situation and establish clear social and human development priorities at the local level

Why Localize the MDGs?

A number of indicators being monitored in the CBMS are included in the indicators for monitoring progress towards the MDGs

CBMS is intended to be done on a regular basis and can therefore be used for updating MDG indicators and facilitating preparation of regular MDG reports

The CBMS can also be used as basis by national and local governments for costing and identifying appropriate interventions needed to achieve the MDGs as well as for resource allocation

Given the large spatial disparities, the CBMS can help identify where focus has to be given to achieve the targets

Why Use CBMS to Localize the MDGs

The CBMS’ role in localizing the MDGs was

recognized during an Experts Group Meeting

on Localizing the MDGs held on November 28,

2006 at the United Nations Economic and

Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

(UN ESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand

The Committee on Poverty Reduction

composed of 24 nations states urged other

developing countries to initiate and implement

similar innovative systems that would help

localize the MDGs.

UN ESCAP Asia Pacific Regional MDG Road Map

In 2008, the UN ESCAP also included the “Localizing the MDGs through

CBMS” initiative of the CBMS Network in the list of specific initiatives to be

implemented under the regional Millennium Development Goals (MDG) road

map.

Enabling Local Policies

DILG MC 2004-152 “Guide to LGU in the Localization of the MDGs dated Nov. 10, 2004 which suggests diagnosis of local situation using local indicator

monitoring system (such as CBMS) to monitor and diagnose the nature and extent of poverty at their level.

use the 13+1 core indicators in order to determine appropriate interventions and focus targeting.

DILG MC 2003-92 “ Policy Guidelines for the Adoption of the Core Local Poverty Indicators (CLPIs) in Planning” The guidelines were meant to aid the LGUs in

assessing and understanding poverty situation and formulation of poverty reduction action plans

CBMS in the Philippines

CBMS is implemented by local government units (LGUs) and intended to complement the national monitoring system.

CBMS methodology and instruments were developed over the years by the CBMS-Philippines Research Team with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)-Canada.

To date, CBMS is being adopted by local government units in 65 provinces (33 of which are province-wide), 764 municipalities and 49 cities covering at least 20,382 barangays in collaboration with the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and selected non-government organizations.

Rationale for CBMS Work

Lack of necessary disaggregated data for:

Diagnosing extent of poverty at the local level

Determining the causes of poverty

Formulating appropriate policies and program

Identifying eligible beneficiaries

Assessing impact of policies and programs

Need for support mechanisms for the implementation of the decentralization policy

Central Issues in Poverty Reduction

1. The who, the where and the why of poverty: identification and targeting of the poor to enhance the effectiveness of anti-poverty initiatives and programs

2. The what and when of anti-poverty programs: identification of interventions/ investments that have the highest impact on poverty

THE WHO, THE WHERE AND THE WHY OF POVERTY: SOME DATA

ISSUES

1. Official statistics are reliable down to the regional and provincial levels only (i.e. the sampling design of many of these surveys provide estimates of the variables only at the provincial level.)

2. The collection of data is few and far in between, and processing adds a few more years so that its usefulness for policy design diminishes.

3. And yet, local government units, under the law, are the front-liners in the fight against poverty and are mandated to assume the primary responsibility for the provision of basic services and facilities and the improvement of the quality of life of their constituents.

Available

Sources of Data

Implementing

Agency

Frequency of

Collection

Data Obtained

Family Income and Expenditures Survey (FIES)

NSO Every 3 years Family income and living expenditures and related information affecting income and expenditure levels and patterns in the Philippines including poverty incidence

Annual Poverty Indicator Survey (APIS)

NSO Every year wherein FIES is not conducted

Socioeconomic profiles of families and other information relating to their living conditions but not poverty incidence

National Nutritional Survey (NNS)

FNRI Every 5 years Food situation and nutritional status of the population

Available

Sources of Data

Implementing

Agency

Frequency of

Collection

Data Obtained

Census of Population and Housing (CPH)

NSO Every 10 years

Size, composition and distribution of population in the Philippines

Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS)

NSO Irregular Number of functionally literate population and their socioeconomic characteristics

National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS)

NSO Every 5 years Demographic, maternal and child health issues in the Philippines

Labor Force Survey (LFS)

NSO Every quarter of the year

Levels and trends of employment, unemployment and underemployment

National

Provincial

Municipal/City

Village/Barangay

Administrative Structure Information AvailabilityCBMS can fill

the gap

National surveys

CBMS

Decentralization creates new information demands

that may be best satisfied with CBMS

CBMS Design

It is designed as an organized process of data collection, processing, validation, and integration of data in the local development processes

A tool intended for improved governance and greater transparency and accountability in resource allocation

CBMS generates a core set of indicators that are being measured to determine the welfare status of the population. These indicators capture the multidimensional aspects of poverty.

CBMS captures simultaneous deprivations for the same household at the same time.

It uses freeware customized for CBMS-data encoding, processing and poverty mapping

Key Features of CBMS

Involves a census of all households in a community

LGU-based while promoting community participation

Taps existing LGU-personnel/community members as monitors

Has a core set of indicators but system is flexible enough to accommodate additional indicators

Establishes database at each geopolitical level

Survival

Security

Enabling

•Health

•Food & Nutrition

•H20 & Sanitation

•Shelter

•Peace & Order

•Income

•Employment

•Education

1. Child deaths (0-5 yrs. old)2. Women deaths due to pregnancy-related causes

3. Malnourished children (0-5 yrs. old)4. HHs w/o access to safe water5. HHs w/o access sanitary toilet

6. HHs who are squatters7. HHs living in makeshift housing8. HHs victimized by crimes

9. HHs w/income below poverty threshold10. HHs w/income below food threshold11. HHs who experienced food shortage12. Unemployment13. Elementary school participation14. High school participation

CBMS Indicators Dimensions of Poverty Core Indicators

CBMS Core Indicators

CBMS Process

Step 1

Advocacy / Organization

Step 2

Data Collection and

Field Editing(Training Module 1)

Step 4

Processing and Poverty Mapping(Training Module 3)

Step 5

Data validation and

Community Consultation

Step 7

Plan Formulation(Training Module 4)

Step 8

Dissemination/Implementation

andMonitoring

Step 3

Data Encoding and

Map Digitizing(Training Module 2)

Step 6

Knowledge (Database)

Management

Sample CBMS Outputs

123 out of

326 children

12-15 years

old are not

attending

secondary

school

Households with children 12-15 years who are not in secondary school, Barangay 179, Pasay City

Proportion of children aged 0-5 years old who are malnourished, by municipality

Province of Marinduque, 2005

4. Selection of waterless municipalities submitted toDILG Central Office. Two municipalities (Basud andCapalonga) are now recipient of the MDGF 1919program.

3. Selection of beneficiaries of the Focus - FoodProduction Assistance for Vulnerable Sectors(FPVAS) funded by the European Commission (EC)with counterpart fund from the Seameo RegionalCenter for Graduate Study and Research inAgriculture (SEARCA) and the provincialgovernment. The project aims to reduce poverty,improve well being of the farmers and ensure accessto safe food, particularly the vulnerable sectors;

CBMS results in the province were used forthe following:

Meeting the MDGs Using CBMS

Camarines Norte

PRIORITY PROGRAMS

Improving access to Facility-Based Deliveries: Basic Essential Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (BEONC)

Improving access to Basic Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (BEmONC) and Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (CEmONC)

Improving access of geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs) to hospitals.

Meeting the MDG Targets on Health

Eastern Samar & Marinduque

ARTECHE

BALANGIGA

BALANGKAYAN

BORONGAN

CAN-AVID

DOLORES

GEN MACARTHUR

GUIUAN

JIPAPAD

LAWAAN

LLORENTE

MASLOG

MAYDOLONG

Mercedes

ORAS

SALCEDO

SAN JULIAN

SAN POLICARPO

SULAT

TAFT

HOMONHON

MANICANI

SULUAN

Borongan

ILHZ

Balangiga

Guiuan

Taft

Oras-Arteche

RHU

HOSP BEmOC

CEmOC

RHU BEmOC

HERNANI

MERCEDES

DISTRICT

HOSPITAL

(Proposed

CEmOC);

w/ BEmOC

functions

ORAS-ARTECHE

TAFT

BORONGAN

BALANGIGA

GUIUAN

Travel Time from RHU to its Referral Hospital

Lucena City

Municipal Hospital

District Hospital

Provincial Hospital

LEGEND:

Level I

Level II

Sentrong Sigla I

Less than 30min

30min to 1 hr

More than 1 hr

TRAVEL TIME:

Level III

RHU

GIDA 1 Brgys: GIDA 3 brgy

Tumagabok, Talawan

Tambunan, Sabong

GIDA 2 Brgys:

Canat,Boi,Bayuti

GIDA 1

GIDA 2

GIDA 3

Programs/Policies 2010 2011

Assistance for Marginalized Rice Farmers 2 M 2 M

Support to Employment Generation Program 2.2 M 2.2 M

Research & Dev’t Studies on Livelihood & Entrepreneurship 0.275 M 0.275 M

Youth Development & Livelihood Program 0.550 M 0.55 M

Integrated Social Dev’t Assistance Program/ Medical Assistance 3.25 M 3.25 M

Roads and Bridges and other Infra Projects 112.89 M 1.089 B

Participative Initiative for Governance (PING) 8.35 M 8 M

KALAHI - CIDDS 1.5 M 3.5 M

Co-Management Project – Full productivity of production forest

(19,039 has.) affecting 31,407 population with 29% IPs.

1.7 M 1.7 M

Meeting the MDGsAgusan del Sur

Tubig Imnonon Natong Agusanon (TINA)

CBMS ID System

• Distributed 891 units and installed(14 municipalities)

• Launched to 10 out 14

municipalities(on-going)

Meeting the MDGsAgusan del Sur

Provincial Scholarship Program

Environmental Protection Program

• scholarships to poor and deserving college students

Php 21,950,000.00

Meeting the MDGsAgusan del Sur

PHILHEALTH Sponsored Program

• 58,300 indigent households were enrolled

• Php 8,400,000.00 Provincial counterpart

Meeting the MDGsAgusan del Sur

CONCLUDING REMARKS

There is a strong correspondence between

CBMS indicators and MDG indicators.

CBMS gathers data on the different dimensions

of poverty for the same household at the same

time.

CBMS can be the tool for localizing the MDGS

by providing the monitoring system to regularly

monitor accomplishments towards the MDGs at

the local level

CBMS facilitates the preparation of MDG-

responsive development plans and budgets

CBMS as a tool for localizing the MDGs is also

being implemented in other CBMS sites in

Indonesia, Kenya, Cambodia, etc.

With Technical Assistance from:

DILG-BLGD and CBMS Team with support from WB-ASEM

DILG-BLGD and CBMS Team with support from UNFPA

DILG-BLGD, DILG Regional offices and CBMS Team

Eastern Visayas CBMS TWG and CBMS Team

Bicol CBMS TWG and CBMS Team

Bicol CBMS TWG and CBMS Team with support from Spanish Government

MIMAROPA CBMS TWG and CBMS Team

NAPC and CBMS Team with support from UNDP

Dawn Foundation and CBMS Team

Social Watch Philippines and CBMS Team

SRTC, SUCs and CBMS Team

Kagabay and CBMS Team

SRTC, NEDA IV-A and CBMS Team

PRRM, SWP and CBMS Team

CBMS Team

Coverage of CBMS implementation in the Philippines

as of September 1, 2011

20,382 barangays

in 764 municipalities and 49 cities

in 65 provinces (33 of which are provincewide)

CBMS Network Coordinating Team Angelo King Institute for Economic and

Business Studies

Rm I-1016, 10th Floor, Angelo King

International Center,

Estrada corner Arellano Streets, Malate,

Manila

Telefax (632) 5262067

Email at: celia.reyes@benilde.edu.ph;

Website: www.pep-net.org

Forum: www.cbmsphilippines.webs.com

Thank you!